What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Here are the leek sprouts and my wee ones. Perhaps the leeks will be more photogenic tomorrow. But there are 6 - 1 in each tube.

 

[AngieMaesChix]

Hello all never jumped into this thread but figure it’s time...so far I got seeds going for Roma’s , Beefsteak and Cherry Tomatoes...some habaneros and morning glories and English lilac...next few weeks gonna be pretty busy between incubating starting plants and getting the garden filled n ready to go...we just moved to a place out in the sticks with land old farmhouse..needs some tlc but I love it!!! There’s already a garden that been growing wild for years and years plan to clean it out and starting another on a different little plot...pretty excited!! Starting to incubate chickens barred rocks for now got first batch today is day seven...down to nine eggs set fingers crossed I’d like at least five outta this batch..I’ll be setting another right after..couple more weeks and I can start a bunch more seeds..so thankful spring is amongst us I live in NW Ohio and winters been horrid!! By the way I’m AngieMae I’ll be 41 end of this month I have four children all of whom are grown but for my 16 yr old who lives with his father now..and finally being able to start living out my dream of homesteading it’s been a lifelong dream of mine and it’s actually happening now!! Starting off slow getting property right and clean god the amount of junk and trash left behind uggg starting with the gardens and chickens by end of summer I want a good strong flock of chickens maybe two...some ducks and were thinking of getting a feeder pig to throw an end of summer bash hog roast...and possibly a horse for me this year..also starting a mealworm farm in next few weeks...by next spring I want to be able to have two strong flocks , ducks,few goats, maybe some turkeys , and a few hogs...and maybe a bee hive or two though I must admit bees intimidate me tho I love fresh honey and it sells well around my area..thinking of trying to find a class in bee raising...I was raised country for the most part and know a lot but I have way too much to learn!! Anyways wanted to jump in say hello and introduce myself and tell a little bit about what brings me here!! I do have some questions I’ve never dealt with a wild overgrown garden before...what’s my best way to proceed?? I was thinking can I just burn off the old crap to start with?? There’s tons of dead overgrowth and stalks etc everywhere!! It’s a pretty good sized garden has tons of tomatoes, peppers and there’s corn squash etc...should I still till it up some or should I just burn it then see what comes up? I always mulch my garden though I’m not sure how to go about this not knowing really where anything is it going to come up at..I’ve always had maintained gardens that I pretty much restart every year aside from asparagus and stuff like that...I want to keep it and get it clean and whatnot I know I’m gonna have to thin it out plants were so close together..there’s also some wild grape vines I’d like to keep but I don’t like their location when would be the best time to transplant these to another location think I want them by the fence rails which is still a nice sunny location and also would have support..I just never have dealt with grapes let alone transplant them..I don’t wanna lose em..thank you and sorry for the long post lol

 

[Acre4Me]

so thankful spring is amongst us I live in NW Ohio and winters been horrid!!

Yup...feeling the pain. OH also. Wet, cold, wet.

Its like a new sight to see BLUE skies...we've had blue skies TWICE this week alone! Amazing, I say...AMAZING!

Going to be starting seeds indoors this weekend.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Hello all never jumped into this thread but figure it’s time...so far I got seeds going for Roma’s , Beefsteak and Cherry Tomatoes...some habaneros and morning glories and English lilac...next few weeks gonna be pretty busy between incubating starting plants and getting the garden filled n ready to go...we just moved to a place out in the sticks with land old farmhouse..needs some tlc but I love it!!! There’s already a garden that been growing wild for years and years plan to clean it out and starting another on a different little plot...pretty excited!! Starting to incubate chickens barred rocks for now got first batch today is day seven...down to nine eggs set fingers crossed I’d like at least five outta this batch..I’ll be setting another right after..couple more weeks and I can start a bunch more seeds..so thankful spring is amongst us I live in NW Ohio and winters been horrid!! By the way I’m AngieMae I’ll be 41 end of this month I have four children all of whom are grown but for my 16 yr old who lives with his father now..and finally being able to start living out my dream of homesteading it’s been a lifelong dream of mine and it’s actually happening now!! Starting off slow getting property right and clean god the amount of junk and trash left behind uggg starting with the gardens and chickens by end of summer I want a good strong flock of chickens maybe two...some ducks and were thinking of getting a feeder pig to throw an end of summer bash hog roast...and possibly a horse for me this year..also starting a mealworm farm in next few weeks...by next spring I want to be able to have two strong flocks , ducks,few goats, maybe some turkeys , and a few hogs...and maybe a bee hive or two though I must admit bees intimidate me tho I love fresh honey and it sells well around my area..thinking of trying to find a class in bee raising...I was raised country for the most part and know a lot but I have way too much to learn!! Anyways wanted to jump in say hello and introduce myself and tell a little bit about what brings me here!! I do have some questions I’ve never dealt with a wild overgrown garden before...what’s my best way to proceed?? I was thinking can I just burn off the old crap to start with?? There’s tons of dead overgrowth and stalks etc everywhere!! It’s a pretty good sized garden has tons of tomatoes, peppers and there’s corn squash etc...should I still till it up some or should I just burn it then see what comes up? I always mulch my garden though I’m not sure how to go about this not knowing really where anything is it going to come up at..I’ve always had maintained gardens that I pretty much restart every year aside from asparagus and stuff like that...I want to keep it and get it clean and whatnot I know I’m gonna have to thin it out plants were so close together..there’s also some wild grape vines I’d like to keep but I don’t like their location when would be the best time to transplant these to another location think I want them by the fence rails which is still a nice sunny location and also would have support. I just never have dealt with grapes let alone transplant them..I don’t wanna lose em..thank you and sorry for the long post lol

Welcome to our gardening thread. Sounds like you have your hands quite full. Regarding the garden beds: I would not burn the "weeds." If you have any noxious or poisonous weeds burning could make them airborne particles that could spread through the air. When I built my raised garden beds last year, I put cardboard over the bottom and put garden soil over that. The cardboard smothered the weeds and grass and biodegraded into mulch. The garden thrived and I was weed free. I try to go chemical free because I don't want chemicals in my food. I'm not an expert on grapes, however in general, planting and transplanting in Spring makes the most sense since the roots grow better in the warmer weather. Good luck. Also, we love pictures

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hello all never jumped in! Anyways wanted to jump in say hello and introduce myself and tell a little bit about what brings me here!! I do have some questions I’ve never dealt with a wild overgrown garden before...what’s my best way to proceed?? I was thinking can I just burn off the old crap to start with?? There’s tons of dead overgrowth and stalks etc everywhere!! It’s a pretty good sized garden has tons of tomatoes, peppers and there’s corn squash etc...should I still till it up some or should I just burn it then see what comes up? I always mulch my garden though I’m not sure how to go about this not knowing really where anything is it going to come up at..I’ve always had maintained gardens that I pretty much restart every year aside from asparagus and stuff like that...I want to keep it and get it clean and whatnot I know I’m gonna have to thin it out plants were so close together..there’s also some wild grape vines I’d like to keep but I don’t like their location when would be the best time to transplant these to another location think I want them by the fence rails which is still a nice sunny location and also would have support..I just never have dealt with grapes let alone transplant them..I don’t wanna lose em..thank you and sorry for the long post lol

Hey welcome Angie Maes you gotta lot to to do there chickens are a great mower unit
may not have a solid one for a year getting ground ready

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

It's already 50F this morning so I rolled my fig tree out of the garage where it spent this miserable winter. This is my first time with this little tree and I'm so excited, it's still alive! I may leave it out now. Hopefully I'll get a couple of figs this year.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am hopeful we are to be in upper 60's this week

 

[AngieMaesChix]

Chickens are great mowers but mine are in an incubator yet so not much help ..I do have four lavander orps full grown just gonna be layers that I be getting next few weeks..the wild garden is in the ground so I don’t think cardboard would help much as I want what’s already there to come through...though the one we’re starting from scratch will also not be raised..I will have cucumbers in a raised bed and probably onions as well..part of me just wants to roll up the wild garden but bf is set against it and there really is some nice stuff growing in there!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

You may be forced to get a small tiller and rakes areas other that are to be cleared rent a big tiller

 

[AngieMaesChix]

I have access to both a small and bigger tiller perk of bf being athletics facility manager at local college he’s in charge of grounds among many other things...so just till it up? Will stuff still come up that’s been there for years? And it would be like all over in different spots right? I mean rn it’s overgrown and everywhere but there is some pattern to it..